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Identify Node
Sometimes, in a subnetwork, when you input an object through a null node, you need to know what kind of an object it is. Is it a path or a geometry? Or is it a data table? Identify takes a single obj…
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Dilute Node
The dilute node dilutes a color. "Dilute" could mean a number of different things: - Reduce the opacity to a defined value. - Reduce the opacity even more than it already is (e.g. cut it in half, so…
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The Natural System of Colours - An Experiment
Fellow Nodeboxer Nick Rougeux has just created another wonderful color-related project, "The Natural System of Colours": https://www.c82.net/natural-colors/ And, as is his custom, he has also release…
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by rougeux
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Wordpath
Having recently made a charpath node, and seeing how useful that was, it occurred to me that a wordpath node might be even better! So here it is: wordpath. Like charpath, wordpath is dirt simple. Its…
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Animation - i call this interference-1
Hi Another play with Nodebox this Time i had the idea of animate it here the link to video https://go.screenpal.com/watch/cZjrjzV9Hii the Nodebox File is attached
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by lastvector
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Halton Scatter Node
Haltonscat scatters points inside a shape in a deterministic but random-looking way using the Halton Sequence. More about the Halton Sequence here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haltonsequence Halton…
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Redo Contour Node
Last year I introduced a new node, paircontour, that allowed you to join two contours into a single path with no external code module required: https://forum.nodebox.net/t/5267048442/pair-contour-nod…
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Reorder Node
The Cartan Node Library is having a growth spurt. Here is yet another new node... Reorder takes a list of up to 7 items and reorders it. The items can be anything: strings, numbers paths, points, col…
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Werner Color Node
I've been having so much fun with my Sanzocolors node that I decided we could all benefit from another historical color palette node. For this I turned to a project by longtime Nodebox user and data…
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by john
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Branches
UPDATE - see below for a bug fix and an add-on node! The branches node, which I think is pretty cool, was a direct result of a request from a Nodebox user named Colt: https://forum.nodebox.net/t/7321…
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by lastvector
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Charpath
I woke up this morning with an idea for how to do a node I've been wanting for YEARS. Charpath works exactly like textpath with one difference: instead of returning a single path, it returns a list o…
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by john
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Line Breaks added to Charpath, Kern, and Text_svg
Thanks to a cool hack discovered by Tolifox, I have added the linebreak node to my library. Details here: https://forum.nodebox.net/t/7461021272/creating-a-new-line-character I then realized that I w…
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Sort Colors
A simple yet handy node: sortcolors. Sortcolors takes a list of colors and sorts them in one of four different ways: luma, hue, saturation, and brightness. It takes three parameters: - Colors. A list…
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Sub_Path and Find_T
Attached are the first additions to what will be v3.6 of my node library: an update to subpath and a new node - findT. Subpath returns a portion of a complex path between two percentages: Start and E…
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Cartan Node Library 3.5
Cartan Node Library 3.5 HAPPY NEW YEAR! Attached is the latest rev of my Cartan Node Library. This file was built using over 433,000 nodes and over 583,000 connections, surely making it the largest N…
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by john
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42 Node Clock
Genuary is an annual event for generative artists. For each day in January you are a given a short prompt to create a piece of code-based art. More here: https://genuary.art The prompt for January 3,…
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Add_Unicode!
One more addition before I publish v3.5 of my library... unicode! The unicode node is very simple. Just enter one or more 4-digit unicode hex codes (separated by spaces) and it will spit out unicode…
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ALL NEW: Inter_Color and Morph_Color
I have completely revised two nodes: intercolor and morphcolor. Intercolor returns an intermediate shade between two colors. The current version is dirt simple. It simply takes the linear Interpolati…
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by john
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Exponential and Settle Nodes
TWO new nodes, both primarily for creating motions. Exponential changes values over time at an exponential rate. You can feed in a range node and create an exponential curve, or use the values to dri…
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Crossings Node
My new crossings node finds points where linear paths join or cross. It's actually pretty simple and easy to use, but there are some subtleties that require explanation. By "linear paths" I mean path…
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by lastvector
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Scale_true 3.5
Well, this is embarrassing. ONE DAY after releasing version 3.4 of my Cartan Node Library, I discovered a bug in one of my nodes: scaletrue. It turns out scaletrue can sometimes screw up the fill col…
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by john
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Fit True
Attached is ANOTHER new node: fittrue. NodeBox has a problem with scaling. The scale node scales shapes, but does NOT scale stroke widths. So when you scale up a shape with a visible outline, the sha…
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by john
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Draw Table Update
NOTE: I added a subsequent update to this update. See below for latest version. I have added some improvements to my drawtable node: - fixed bug that sometimes caused an error when displaying points…
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by john
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Sanzo Colors
UPDATE: see below in thread. I added new numbering and output options. Last weekend I picked up a charming little book called "A Dictionary of Color Combinations" published in Japan in 1932 by a pion…
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by lastvector
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Kind of Flower
Like to post one of my latest, made with Nodebox and a little help of my vector graphics program VectorStyler. Here a Video with the Part made in Nodebox https://go.screenpal.com/watch/cZ6YncVWsWz an…
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by lastvector
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Adjust Point Node
UPDATE - see subsequent note for an improved version of this node This is a fun one! Adjustpoint changes the position of one point, or possibly also two adjacent points, in a complex path. By complex…
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by john
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Font Table Improved!
MORE updates and a fontgallery node further down in this thread! I have made several improvements to my fonttable node, which lists all the fonts and font families in your operating system: - A new "…
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by john
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Take Sample
Today's new node: takesample Takesample takes an evenly distributed subset - or superset - from a list. The list can be anything: points, shapes, data table rows, numbers, whatever. If the list is sh…
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Kolam Animator
I am pleased to present the Kolam Animator, made in collaboration with Mr. Ramanraj Krishnaraju of Chennai, India. Kolam is an ancient form of traditional decorative art often made by drawing lines m…
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by Ramanraj
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Gradient Example: Brewer Balloons
I made a little poster to demonstrate the power of my new gradient nodes. I show a bunch of balloons for each of the three ColorBrewer categories: Divergent, Sequential, and Qualitative. Each bunch i…
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by john